Autism Education Week

April 24-26, 2013

Wednesday, April 24

Panel: Perspectives on Autism Advocacy

Romita Auditorium, Mooney Center @ 6:30pm

Lydia Brown / autistichoya.com

is a multiply-disabled disability rights activist, scholar, and writer who is autistic. She interns for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, and is a member of the Autism NOW National Autism Resource and Information Center National Advisory Committee, the National Council on Independent Living Youth Caucus, and the Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Consumer Advisory Council.

Lisa Quinones-Fontanez /autismwonderland.com

is a secretary by day, grad student/blogger by night and Warrior Mami round the clock. She blogs regularly on babble.com and on her blog, autismwonderland.com. She was recently nominated fo r Yahoos Women who Shine Award and was named LATISM's 2012 Best Health Blogger. AutismWonderland is one of Babble's Top 30 Autism Blogs for Parents for 2012.

Marjorie St. Hilaire

is a certified school psychologist and New Rochelle resident who has been working with ASD youngsters since beginning of her career. In addition to bridging the home and school to help support the whole child, her knowledge with this population ranges from preschool to adolescent. Her role within the school system is to increase awareness of this population within the mainstream school environment, advocate and implement best practices, and to optimize the student with ASD to his or her fullest potential.

with Edie Barasch, Chairperson

Committee on Preschool Special Education, City School District of New Rochelle, an early childhood
special educator, educational leader, and parent of an adult child with autism. She was an adjunct instructor at the CNR Graduate School on subjects related to special education and disabilities from 2002-2004, an active member of the New Rochelle SEPTA, and co-founded the "We Are One" Award.

Hosted by the Provost of The College of New Rochelle For more information, please contact Jennifer Scuro (jscuro@cnr.edu) or Ruth Zealand (rzealand@cnr.edu).

Free and open to the public. Light refreshments at 8:45pm.

Autism Education Week

April 24-26, 2013
Thursday, April 25

Autism Myths and Truths: Classification, Treatment and Education

Romita Auditorium, Mooney Center @ 7pm

Presentation by

Ram Kairam, MD.

Pediatric Neurologist, Columbia University Medical Center and Founder of The Autism Treatment and Advocacy Center at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center. With an introduction by Dr. Ishita Khemka, Teachers College, Columbia University.

For more information on the work of Dr. Kairam, see AutismTruths.org.

Hosted by the Provost of The College of New Rochelle Organized by faculty in Philosophy and Education from The School of Arts & Sciences. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Jennifer Scuro (jscuro@cnr.edu) or Ruth Zealand (rzealand@cnr.edu)

Free and open to the public. Light refreshments at 8:45pm.